by Rabbi Guido Cohen Asociación Israelita Montefiore – Bogotá, Colombia After reading last week about the golden calf, this week in Parashot Vayahkel and Pekudei, we see the other side of the coin, the construction of the Mishkan. It was sanctuary that, according to the sages, was meant to expiate for the transgression of the …
Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik Congregation Kol Shearith Israel, Panama Moses comes down from Mount Sinai with three tablets in his hands and announces to the people of Israel that God has given them fifteen commandments. At that moment, one of the tablets slips out of his hands and shatters on the floor. Moses corrects himself and …
B”H Shmot 27:20- 30:10 February 28, 2015 – 9 Adar 5775 Regarding the Bond between Human Beings and the Divine How do you conceive G-d’s place in this world? What is your bond with G-d? Do you feel it is really possible to establish a relationship with the divine? At different points in our lives, …
Rabbi Mario Gurevich Beth Israel Synagogue, Aruba It seems like we Jews are always counting. Last week we were ordered to count the Omer: seven weeks that begin on the second night of Pesach and end on the 50th day with the holiday of Shavuot. It is an ascending count that brings us from …
Rabbi Claudio Jodorkovsky Asociación Israelita Montefiore – Bogotá A famous story talks about a man who approached his Rabbi so that he would convert him into a Cohen. When the rabbi responded negatively, the man began to insist and periodically repeat his request, until one moment the rabbi’s patience ran out. It was then that …
Rabbi Daniela Szuster B´nei Israel Congregation, Costa Rica The Kedusha and the rose that we honor «The little prince went away, to look again at the roses, to whom he said: You are not at all like my rose. As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one…You …
Rabbi Mario Gurevich Beth Israel Synagogue, Aruba Now the feverish preparations and the celebration of the Seder are over. We have spent several days deprived of leavened food and this Shabbat, halfway through Pesach, might be the right moment for a thought on the holiday. Pesach might be the most popular holiday of our …
